Re: ebXML Requirements Specifications Press Release

[Mike Rawlins <rawlins@metronet.com>]

Rik,

I think if you read the release and see the several places where "comment" is
mentioned, and "approved by the ebXML plenary" at the Brussels meeting in May,
the it is pretty clear that these are proposed, under review, etc.

Mike

Rik Drummond wrote:

> is it clear in the spec these are NOT the ebxml requirements... yet?... they
> are proposed, under review requirements..... best regards, rik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:rachelf@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:28 AM
> To: ebXML Listserv (E-mail); ebXML Marketing Awareness Education
> (E-mail); ebXML Requirements (E-mail); ebXML Architecture (E-mail);
> ebXML Business Process (E-mail); ebXML Core Components (E-mail); ebXML
> Repository (E-mail); ebXML Transport (E-mail)
> Subject: ebXML Requirements Specifications Press Release
>
> This release is going out on the Business Wire today. It will also be posted
> on the ebXML, OASIS and XML.org sites and sent to Robin Cover.
> >
> > ebXML Initiative Releases First Technical Specifications for
> > Public Comment
> >
> > USA, March 2000--The first ebXML Initiative Technical
> > Specifications has
> > been released for public comment. The ebXML Requirements
> > Specification is
> > available for download from the ebXML web site at
> > http://www.ebxml.org.
> >
> > This ebXML Requirements Specification represents the work of the ebXML
> > Requirements Project Team. It defines ebXML and the ebXML effort,
> > articulates overall business requirements for ebXML, and
> > defines specific
> > technical infrastructure requirements that will be addressed
> > by the various
> > ebXML Project Teams in preparing their deliverables. The
> > document includes
> > general guiding principles for the development of other ebXML
> > Technical
> > Specifications. Major requirements identified in the
> > specification include:
> >
> > ·     general Business Requirements which relate to the need
> > for a single
> > consistent approach to use XML;
> > ·     the need to support both vertical and horizontal
> > solutions regardless of
> > the user’s level of sophistication;
> > ·     the need to support a range of basic, low cost
> > solutions for Small or
> > Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as well as complex solutions
> > appropriate to large
> > enterprises;
> > ·     a general specification for developing XML-based schematas;
> > ·     the need for globalized solutions that will accommodate
> > national and
> > international process requirements;
> > ·     completely open accessibility, enabled by a registry
> > and repository;
> > ·     the need for an architecture that will ensure and maximize
> > interoperability by supporting common business process,
> > common semantics, a
> > common vocabulary and common character encoding;
> > ·     consistent transport, routing and packaging
> > methodologies to ensure secure
> > sending and receiving of messages over the Internet; and
> > ·     digital signature and other security related capabilities.
> >
> > The specification is available for the full ebXML Work Group and all
> > interested parties in the general public. Comments should be
> > emailed as
> > plain text in the body of the mail message or as an attachment to Mike
> > Rawlins, ebXML Requirements Project Team Leader at
> > rawlins@metronet.com or
> > Mark Crawford, ebXML Requirements Project Team Editor at
> > mcrawfor@mail.lmi.org. The review period closes 27 March 2000. The
> > specification will undergo a second cycle of revision and
> > review prior to
> > the expected final approval at the May ebXML meeting in Brussels.
> >
> > The ebXML vision is to create a single global XML framework
> > solution. It is
> > a joint effort of the United Nation/CEFACT organization and OASIS.
> > Participants represent 14 countries, 83 companies, government
> > agencies and
> > several national and international standards organizations.
> > More than 500
> > people around the world participate via Internet mailing lists.
> >
> > Following the public comment period, the final Requirements
> > Specifications
> > will be approved by the full ebXML Plenary during its meeting
> > in Brussels
> > 8-12 May 2000. Full details about the ebXML Initiative, its
> > project teams
> > and meetings is at http://www.ebxml.org. Technical
> > Specifications will be
> > available for download from the ebXML web site as they are released.
> >
> > About ebXML
> > ebXML (www.ebXML.org) is an International Initiative established by
> > UN/CEFACT and OASIS in late 1999 with a mandate to undertake
> > a 15-18 month
> > program of work to research and identify the technical basis
> > upon which the
> > global implementation of XML (Extensible Markup Language) can be
> > standardized. The goal is to provide an open technical
> > specification to
> > enable XML to be utilized in a consistent and uniform manner for the
> > exchange of electronic business data in application-to-application,
> > application-to-person and person-to-application environments.
> >
> > About UN/CEFACT
> > UN/CEFACT (www.uncefact.org) is the United Nations body whose
> > mandate covers
> > worldwide policy and technical development in the area of
> > trade facilitation
> > and electronic business. Headquartered in Geneva, it has developed and
> > promoted many tools for the facilitation of global business processes
> > including UN/EDIFACT, the international EDI standard. Its current work
> > programme includes such topics as Simpl-edi and Object
> > Oriented EDI and it
> > strongly supports the development and implementation of open,
> > interoperable
> > global standards and specifications for electronic business.
> >
> > About OASIS
> > OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org) is a non-profit,
> > international consortium
> > dedicated solely to product-independent data and content interchange.
> > Focusing on product interoperability, OASIS embraces the
> > complete spectrum
> > of structured information standards including XML, SGML and CGM. OASIS
> > sponsors include Adobe Systems, Aerospatiale, AND-USA,
> > Arbortext, Bentley
> > Systems, Boeing, Bowstreet, Chrystal Software, Cohesia, Commerce One,
> > CommerceNet, CompTIA, Corel, DataChannel, DMSi, Documentum, Dun &
> > Bradstreet, eCredit.com, Enigma, eXcelon, Extricity Software,
> > GCA, Health
> > Level Seven, IBM, InformIT, Informix, InterCAP, Interleaf, Interwoven,
> > ISOGEN, ITEDO, JetForm, Keyfile, Microsoft, NextPage, NII Enterprise
> > Promotion Association, Nimble.com, NIST, Object Management
> > Group (OMG), Open
> > Applications Group, Oracle, Pick Systems, ProNet Technology
> > Partners, Reed
> > Technology, Reuters, Sabre, Sequoia Software, SoftQuad,
> > Software AG, STEP,
> > StreamServe, Sun Microsystems, Synthbank, Wavo, Webb
> > Interactive Services,
> > Whitehill Technologies, Xerox, XMLSolutions and XyEnterprise.
> >
> > For More Information Contact:
> >
> > Carol Geyer
> > Media Relations Consultant, OASIS
> > +1.941.926.2322,
> > carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
> >
> > or
> >
> > Hans Hansell,
> > Head UN/CEFACT Secretariat
> > +41 22 917 2457
> > Hans.Hansell@unece.org
> >

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